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1994 was a year that saw the most Significant progress was made on changes in the shortest period of time in achieving the goals of the Service the history of the Etobicoke Public Development Plan, a document that sets Libraries (EPL). the directionfor the future ofpublic The year began with the closure of the library service in Etobicoke . . bookmobile service, a drastically reduced Technplogical enhancements continued library materials budget, the elimination to be the fundamental focus for EPL. of 18 positions, and with 52 staff members Many new strategies were implemented either changing jobs or their location of to satisfy the public's demand for easy work. access to information and to meet Goal Staff participated in two re-engineering Two of the Service Development Plan, studies that would allow the Library to "to develop public library services and resources as a distributed, connected function more effectively and efficiently network. ,, with fewer resources. Two teams met in intensive sessions over a 12-week period. The public continued to support and They examined the library materials utilize the services of the Libraries. In process from the beginning point of an March, the highest circulation in the item being ordered through to the time it history of EPL was achieved. 369,559 arrived "on the shelf' in a branch. ____ ...,..it""e.!a:.m"'s--!cc.:,irculated. Precipitated by the recommendations of 1995, like 1994, holds many challenges. the re -engineering studies, EPL began its With hard work and perseverance, second major reorganization at the end of obstacles will be overcome and June. The result was: objectives achieved. * Further downsizing. The Etobicoke Public Library Board and * 14 full-time employees, representing 293 staff are committed to doing their very years of service, taking early retirement. best for the residents of Etobicoke. * The elimination of EPL's Social Contract obligation. 1994 8to/Jkolte P11/Jlk ,O/Jrar11 Hoard .Members Through all the changes and challenges, Library Board members and staff eollJfd//or /foltn .HastinfS, 6/tairlHllll eolllfdllor .Alex 1a11/hta continued to offer quality, ,Mr. :David Vo11Hf, Vke-6/tllirlHllll ,Mr. /fo/m P/11nkdt customer-oriented services to the eo11Hd!lor floss Rissell ,Mr. !lo11 Sin/It residents of the City of Etobicoke. eollJfd!/or t!izll/Jdlt l!roW1t ,Ms. /fennifrr 6. ,Milne, ,Mr. Walter elllb«tson 6/tkf tmfllvk O/fi«r ~ ,Mr. UJM :Dridfa S«refllrfl·U'fllSllf(T Pqel vrP11nd/Jrealdng eeremPn!f Jferalds Jf11m/JerwPPd Centre fi community celebration was held in June on Humberwood Blvd. to mark Progress on the Humberwood Library as ofMay 1995. the official groundbreaking Humberwood is scheduled to open in January 1996. ceremony for the Humberwood Centre. An exciting addition to the multicultural community, the More than 300 people more traditional library business community and turned out to celebrate the services will be provided to information seekers of all new Centre, a one-of-a-kind customers of Humberwood ages. A current and community facility. The Library. An "on ramp" to the up-to-date collection, unique partnership between new "information highway" containing materials in a the Etobicoke Public will be offered through links wide range of formats such Libraries, the Etobicoke to the Toronto Free-Net and as books, magazines, seri Board of Education, the the Internet. As well, compact discs, videos and Metropolitan Separate electronic links to all of the CD-ROM, will be offered School Board and the City resources of EPL and other of Etobicoke will result in a libraries throughout The Humberwood Libqey is facility that houses a Metropolitan Toronto and the scheduled to open in January recreational centre, public Province will be provided. 1996. and separate elementary Services such as document schools, a daycare centre delivery and fax information and the Etobicoke Public will be available to Libraries' newest branch. Humberwood Library On tlte 'lrPnt CPver: The Humberwood Library, customers. A computer Library Board member located near the main network is also being planned and Humberwood entrance to the Centre, will for the Humberwood Centre community Councillor be an inviting and open linking services and Elizabeth Brown "breaks library that will be visible some ground" at the new information resources of all Humberwood Library site from the street. It will be a four partners. with area residents. modem facility with Materials are being selected materials and services of for children, seniors, the interest to everyone. l'he Etobicoke Public Libraries took the library "beyond its own walls" into a highly visible venue to increase the public's awareness of library services. A Reading Festival was held on Saturday, September 16 to celebrate reading, literacy and the library. It was a day-long event hosted by Northern Elms Library in Rexdale Plaza. Five well-known television personalities were invited to read from their favourite books, and talk about the importance of the library and literacy. Actor/director Al Waxman read from A Tale of Two Cities. Actor Andrew Bednarski and actress Heather Brown encouraged audience participation with their performance of two stories from Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark and excerpts from How To Eat Fried Worms.

♦ CITY-TV MuchMusic VJ'sNatalie Richard and Oliver Walters attracted teens by

Andrew Bednarski and Heather Brown Winners of the "/ Love the Library" contest read share some of their favourite stories. their entries on stage. reading from their favouritre books and "rapping" about the role the library played in their education.

♦ Andrew and Heather emceed the portion of the Festival where eight winners of the "I Love the Library" contest were invited to the stage to read their entries. The children who had entered the drawing category had their work on display throughout the plaza.

♦ As part of the Festival, Etobicoke authors were invited to showcase their work at tables situated near the staging area. The 20 authors who participated reported that their work was well received and the public enjoyed viewing their material.

♦ For a first time event, the Reading Festival was a great success. It attracted the attention_of the local media and received financial support and gifts-in-kind from the business community. Pa;e 3 cw Ulronto ,Obraru Faulkner Community Room. This was in m recognition of Councillor Faulkner's contribution to the Lakeshore community l'hursday, November 3 marked the and his commitment to the rebuilding of celebration of the re-opening of New the library. Toronto Library. Children from St. Teresa Catholic School Second Str;et School, Seventh Street ' t\:t twelve noon the doors opened to the ublic. Area resident Elmire Arsenault School and Rohan Singh, the last person was the first member of the public to to check-out material from the "old" cl;leck-out material from the new library officially re-opened the library by library. "I like the open space in the cutting the ribbon. ne design of the library with some The ceremonies concluded with the qui t comers where you can unveiling of the Public Art commission con entrate," she said. designed for the New Toronto Library by As t e evening celebrations began, a artist Francis Muscat. Mr. Muscat layered large rowd from the community concrete and glass to form a pillar on gathered. Children's aut r,.S-ar15ara which the bell from the last steam Bonda!prese dOntario libraries that provided customers with access to Customer Record Access the province's Environmental Bill of To meet the needs of self-serve Rights (EBR) Electronic Registry. customers, EPL introduced customer The Registry is a computerized bulletin board that contains a Draft Statement of Pages multicultural community and provincial govemrne t ministries, as information seekers of all ages since well as other information such as what November 1994 at the Richview rights people have under the EBR. (Central) Library. Information on Ministry proposals for Organizations, including EPL, post policies, Acts, regulations, licenses information on the network. Details and permits will continue to be added about library services and programmes to the bulletin board. and access to its catalogue of materials EPL customers can access tlie are available through the Toronto Registry by using the computer Free-Net. Customers with computers equipment at Richview (Central) and moderns are able to access the Library or by modem from ho e network from home or office. or business computers. The Speaker Richard Malinski, President of equipment was funded through Toronto Free-Net, told the 70 business the Ministry of Culture, executives attending the lecture about Tourism and Recreation, and the many benefits Free-Net provides to made possible by the Ministry e corporate community. These include of Environment and Energy. eased tourism, improved access to Breakfast Lecture Series info ation, and greater communication citizens, community As part ofEPL's continuing betw organizations and business. mandate of providing information on trends in technology, a Breakfast Lecture was held in June on the Toronto Free-Net. It was the first public demonstration of the community computer network. With the Toronto Free-Net system, the public can access local, national and international databases. The Toronto Free-Net has been available to the business community, to students, to the

Page6 ~ H.Award WinniHf!. /l.cnr ways of providing information on the EMF issue to the community. It was determined that EPL would be the natural place to house EMF information. The result was the establishment of the communication artnership between the Libraries Hydro in October 1993. -ROM Health Index and

electromagnetic f1 (EMF's). The partnersiIUlll":-;,,~~ involved the purchase computer software and hardware. EPL purchased the Hea CD-ROM database that information on a variety health-related issues. t°he Americ Etobicoke Hydro Com honoured EPL hree categories for provided the hardware: the 1994 "Hot Stuff' Best of Show workstation, computer awards in recognition of outstanding CD-ROM capability and efforts in public relations. Promotional material was recognized in the categories of Special Programmes, Bookmarks and Page 7 Calendar of Events. We thank the generous donors ofrhe Erobicoke Public Libraries' Adopt-A-Book campaign. Th ese donations have purchased books, videos and books on rape for the libraries' collections. Miss M.E. Austen Freoa Barcla;9 Micbael Leam;9 d.,ristopber a»o Joa» Barltrop Lai119 '."1-acDowell Councillor Elizabetb Brown cl;msMe;9er Maril;9n Campbell Davis Grace Milne Mae Caston KC.Nesbitt Pbil Davis Katb lee» Nowina Kiwanis club of tb Ron D;9ck e Lakesbore Marliese Patrick Elms Rexoale Resioe»ts Assoc. Councillor Alex Faulkner Da11n;9 Pfeifer Donalo Winnifreo Fisber Ramsa;9 N.B. Fiutowska M.E.Ramse;9 Eleanor Flusten Rutb Re;911olos Davio Greig Catbie Si»isalo Councillor Job» Hastings James stoakle;9 George a»o Mary Turnbull Marie C. Jackson Linoa Jamieson Geroa Von Bitter Eowaro Kawa lec Warner Bros. ~--G--+ce»-»~a~~=etcat,;·1-e~r---->P{'''eogewGOO-Home.a1<1~l--~-

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people with disabilities. With this l'he Etobicoke Public Libraries (EPL) funding, Brentwood Library now offers continued to seek strategic alliances a PC with large screen, screen and corporate sponsorships in 1994 enlargement software and a scanner for with great success. public use. To assist with the equipment purchase for the Environmental Bill of Rights l'he Mexican Government's Ministry Electronic Registry, funding in the of Tourism Office donated a collection amount of $2,000 was received from of books in Spanish and English about the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and their country to EPL. Recreation, made possible through the The Consul General of Mexico, Mr. Ministry of Environment and Energy. Sergio Aguilera-Beteta and Dr. Jose A PC with DOS, Windows and Manuel Salas Martinez, Advisor to the communications software, a printer Minister of Tourism, made the and a modem were purchased with this donation on behalf of the Mexican funding. ----YGJ,!Jou.

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